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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

JAMES ELLIOTT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

EXERCISING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 4,173, dated September 2, 1845.

To all 'wiz-0m t may concern Be it known that I, JAMES ELLIOTT, otNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and useful Machine for Exercising the Human Body.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a species of exercisefor invalids and others of the most natural and healthful kind.

The use of my machine induces perspiration and promotes digestion bypreventing secretions removing obstructions and giving activecirculation to all the fluids of the body.

To enable others to use it, and to judge its utility I proceed todescribe its construction and operation. n

The spring horse consists of a f supported by three legs as shown atZ'Athe accompanying drawing. ,@1713 th' frame rests an ellipticalspringi/B/which can be made of iine steel to giveian upward and adownward motion varying from six to twelve inches7 as may be desirable.On this spring is xed a saddle (or a seat and cushion if desired) uponwhich the rider sits erect, so that when the spring comes together atthe center his feet will not rest on terra firma. Directly in front ofthis spring (or at each side of the rider if so desired) is a strongiron stay fastened in the frame as seen t D caching up to an altitude afew inche above the riders head thence branching in two parts toward thehead and on each side of it within reach of the hands on the ends ofthese branches are turned handles of wood for the hands, the rider holdson by these and by them regulates the action of the spring, the objectof the handles being placed directly at each side of the head is thatthe lungs and other organs contained within the trunk or chest beexercised while the arms arethrown back and the chest expanded. Thewhole apparatus will be light and can be moved about by one person. Thisis a minute description of the exerciser for males, that for the i

